IP Library Granted Patent US 11,329,269
Granted Patent B2
US 11,329,269 · App. 16/424,036 · Granted May 10, 2022

Battery

Inventors: Yuqun Zeng (Ningde, CN); Yongshou Lin (Ningde, CN); Zhenhua Li (Ningde, CN); Haizu Jin (Ningde, CN); Xiaowen Zhang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/131H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/587H01M10/052H01M10/058H01M10/4235H01M50/409H01M50/545H01M50/572
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Patent No.
US 11,329,269
App. No.
16/424,036
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application relates to a battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material; and wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material. The battery has good safety and improved electrical properties.

Claims (24)

1. A battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector; and

wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material, and based on the total weight of the underlying layer positive active material layer, the first positive active material has a content of A % by weight, the first polymer material has a content of B % by weight, and the first conductive material has a content of C % by weight; and

wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and based on the total weight of the upper positive active material layer, the second positive active material has a content of A′% by weight, the second polymer material has a content of B′% by weight, and the second conductive material has a content of C′% by weight;

wherein A %<A′%, B %>B′%, C %≥C′%; and

wherein the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material having a crosslinked structure, and wherein the positive electrode current collector is a metal current collector, and the metal current collector has an elongation at break δ satisfying 0.8%≤δ≤2% determined according to the method as described in the description; and

wherein the first positive active material satisfies 10 wt %≤A %≤60 wt %, the first polymer material satisfies 35 wt %≤B %≤75 wt %, and the first conductive material satisfies 5 wt %≤C %≤25 wt %;

wherein the metal current collector has a thickness of 4 μm to 12 μm.

2. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second positive active material satisfies 90 wt % A′% 99 wt %, and/or the second polymer material satisfies 0.5 wt % B′% 5 wt %, and/or the second conductive material satisfies 0.5 wt % C′% 5 wt %.

3. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer material totally is fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material.

4. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer material is a mixed material of fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material with a difficultly soluble polymer material, wherein the difficultly soluble polymer material has a solubility in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), which is less than the solubility of the fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material in NMP.

5. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein based on the total weight of the underlying positive active material layer, the fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material has a content of B1% satisfying B1%≥17.5 wt %.

6. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the difficultly soluble polymer material is an oil-dispersible polymer material or a water-dispersible polymer material; and

wherein the oil-dispersible polymer material is selected from at least one of oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile, oil-dispersible polyacrylic acid, oil-dispersible polyacrylate, oil-dispersible polyacrylic acid-acrylate, oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile-acrylic acid, and oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile-acrylate; and

wherein the water-dispersible polymer material is selected from at least one of water-dispersible polyacrylic acid, water-dispersible polyurethane, water-dispersible polyvinyl alcohol, water-dispersible polyacrylate, water-dispersible polytetrafluoroethylene, and water-dispersible polyacrylonitrile.

7. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material is selected from at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), carboxylic acid modified PVDF, acrylic acid modified PVDF, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), carboxylic acid modified PVDC, acrylic acid modified PVDC, PVDF copolymer and PVDC copolymer.

8. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material is selected from at least one of a conductive carbon-based material, a conductive metal material, and a conductive polymer material; and

wherein the conductive carbon-based material is selected from at least one of conductive carbon black, acetylene black, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanofibers; and

wherein the conductive metal material is selected from at least one of Al powder, Ni powder, and gold powder; and

wherein the conductive polymer material is selected from at least one of conductive polythiophene, conductive polypyrrole, and conductive polyaniline.

9. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first positive active material is selected from at least one of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese aluminate, lithium iron phosphate, lithium vanadium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium iron manganese phosphate, lithium iron silicate, lithium vanadium silicate, lithium cobalt silicate, lithium manganese silicate, spinel lithium manganese oxide, spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide, lithium titanium oxide, or at least one of a conductive carbon coating modified above material, a conductive metal coating modified above material or a conductive polymer coating modified above material; and

wherein the first positive active material is preferably at least one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium vanadium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium manganese iron phosphate or at least one of a conductive carbon coating modified above material, a conductive metal coating modified above material or a conductive polymer coating modified above material;

preferably the first positive active material has a specific surface area (BET) of at most 500 m 2 /g.

10. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery has a DC resistance growth rate of 100% or more at 130° C., determined according to the method described in the description, and/or

when the at least two layers of positive active material layers are collectively referred to as a positive electrode film layer, an adhesion force between the positive electrode film layer and the positive electrode current collector is at least 10 N/m, determined according to the method described in the description.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811368698.7 · Nov 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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